2020 America East Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2020 America East Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 4 and was cancelled on March 12 prior to its scheduled conclusion. Maine was the defending champion. The winner would have advanced to the 2020 NCAA Tournament which was also cancelled in efforts to curtail the spread of COVID-19.

2020 America East Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201920
Teams8
SiteCampus Sites
TelevisionESPNU/ESPN+
2019–20 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Stony Brook142 .875  263  .897
Maine124 .750  1614  .533
UMass Lowell115 .688  1514  .517
Binghamton106 .625  218  .724
New Hampshire79 .438  1018  .357
Vermont610 .375  1217  .414
UMBC610 .375  1017  .370
Albany511 .313  920  .310
Hartford115 .063  128  .034
2020 America East Tournament winner
As of February 10, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conf Overall Tiebreaker
1 Stony Brook 15–1 26–3
2 Maine 12–4 16–14
3 UMass Lowell 11–5 15–14
4 Binghamton 10–6 21–8
5 New Hampshire 7–9 10–18
6 UMBC 6–10 10–17 1–1 vs. Maine
7 Vermont 6–10 12–17 0–2 vs. Maine
8 Albany 5–11 9–20
DNQ Hartford 1–15 1–28

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 4
1
6:30 pm
#8 Albany at #1 Stony Brook
ESPN+
940
2
7:00 pm
#7 Vermont at #2 Maine
1,310
3
7:00 pm
#6 UMBC at #3 UMass Lowell
593
4
7:00 pm
#5 New Hampshire at #4 Binghamton
1,522
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
5
1:00 pm
#3 UMass Lowell at #2 Maine
ESPN+
1,336
6
4:00 pm
#4 Binghamton at #1 Stony Brook
1,142
Championship Game – Friday, March 13
7
5:00 pm
#2 Maine at #1 Stony Brook
ESPNU
CANCELLED
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Results

Teams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.

  Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
ESPN+
Semifinals
Sunday, March 8, 2020
ESPN+
Championship Game
Friday, March 13, 2020
ESPNU
                           
  1 Stony Brook 54*
8 Albany 49
1 Stony Brook 57  
4 Binghamton 42  
4 Binghamton 51
  5 New Hampshire 42
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)   1 Stony Brook
  2 Maine
  2 Maine 78
7 Vermont 66
2 Maine 67
3 UMass Lowell 54  
3 UMass Lowell 66
  6 UMBC 58

* denotes number of overtime periods

All times listed are Eastern

See also

References

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